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Pixel Devil and the Broken Cartridge

Level Evil · 2019-02-26

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 23, 2019 (Xbox One), Feb 26, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 27, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 23, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

Classic platformer in the style of Pixel-art. The main character goes to the world of 8-bit games to save his girlfriend. Help him to find new abilities and find out who is behind the abduction of the girl.

0
playing now
61%
positive of 110 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 67% of 11,000 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.8k–6.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 110 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2019-12-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days · $4.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

002026-08-12 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.992019-02-272026-08-302019-02-27 — best price $4.992019-04-15 — best price $3.492019-04-29 — best price $4.992019-06-25 — best price $2.492019-07-09 — best price $4.992019-08-05 — best price $1.992019-08-12 — best price $4.992019-09-30 — best price $2.492019-10-07 — best price $4.992019-10-28 — best price $1.992019-11-01 — best price $4.992019-11-26 — best price $1.492019-12-03 — best price $4.992019-12-19 — best price $0.992020-01-02 — best price $4.992020-01-23 — best price $2.492020-01-27 — best price $4.992020-06-25 — best price $1.492020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-08-24 — best price $0.992020-08-31 — best price $4.992020-11-26 — best price $1.992020-12-01 — best price $4.992021-05-24 — best price $1.992021-05-31 — best price $4.992021-10-28 — best price $1.992021-11-01 — best price $4.992022-09-03 — best price $2.992023-03-16 — best price $1.492023-03-23 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, Russian, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese

Player tags

IndieRetroActionAdventurePixel Graphics

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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